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The National Weather Service confirms a wide area winter storms for the Central Plains and the deep South.

Freight and Mail in areas of 3 inches or more of snowfall will see delays of one day for delivery.

February 25, 2013A blizzard already blasting the Texas Panhandle will continue to expand northeastward across Kansas and will reach northwestern Missouri into Monday night.

Motorists should prepare for lengthy road closures, including on Interstates 35, 40, 44 and 70, with flight cancellations and severe disruptions to daily routines a high probability.

“This blizzard is following a storm which just dumped a whopping 14.2 inches of snow on Wichita and 11.0 inches on Kansas City,” stated AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Brian Edwards

The snow from Monday’s blizzard will likely cause this February to become Wichita’s all-time snowiest month, a record currently held by February 1913 and its 20.5 inches.

According to Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski, “The second major snowstorm in less than a week will bring travel to a standstill. School, business and other daily activities may be disrupted for days in the region.”

Whiteout conditions and extensive blowing and drifting snow were clobbering northwestern Texas Monday midday. Conditions were deteriorating over western Oklahoma and central Kansas.

Rain will change to snow from central Oklahoma to eastern Kansas and northern Missouri Monday night.

The storm slammed the Denver area with heavy snow over the weekend and will bring a foot of snow to some areas over the southern and central Plains that received a foot of snow only days earlier.

Windswept snow will follow rain in Oklahoma City Monday with the all-out blizzard conditions expected not far to the city’s north and west. Windswept snow will also blast Tulsa, Okla. and Joplin, Mo.

During the height of the storm, snowfall rates of 2-4 inches per hour will hit Gage, Okla., on Monday before slamming Wichita, Kan., and Enid, Okla., Monday afternoon and evening, then Chanute, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., late Monday night.

Thunder and lightning can accompany the snow in some areas.

Those rates will push snowfall totals toward or past a foot, clogging streets and interstates. Wind gusts between 40 and 50 mph severely blowing and drifting the snow around will create dangerously low visibility and are sure to bring travel to a standstill.